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Old High Church, Inverness
DP 445108
Description Old High Church, Inverness
Date 1/7/2004 to 31/7/2004
Collection Records of the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN), Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number DP 445108
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Records dated 25th August, 1746 kept at The Old High Church in Inverness refer to repairs that were required consequent on the use of the Church by Hanoverian Government forces to house the prisoners captured at the battle of Culloden Moor. Those condemned to death were taken out and executed in the Churchyard. Two stones can be seen, near the west door, one with two curved hollows and the other with a V-shaped groove. They are nine paces apart and in direct line. It is thought that the prisoner, blindfolded, sat on the one, or stood or knelt behind it, while the musket of the executioner rested in the groove of the other. The bodies of the executed Jacobites were then carried away by the poor folk of Inverness and thrown into a pit outside the church boundary.
Accession Number 2024/57
External Reference 005-000-008-398-C, 005-000-008-102-R
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2767833
File Format (JPG) JPEG bitmap
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